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C. E. HOPKINS.

CIGARETTE MAKER.

APPLICATION FILED IAII.2I. I9I9.

1,315,838. Patented sept. 9,1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

cHAnLnsE. HOPKINS, `or ,WAsirINerom `rsfitalctr: or coLUMBIA.

orGAnEr'rEQMnxER;

specimen@ of `Leners Patent.

ra'ntefiV sept. 9, 1919.

application ined January 27, i319. `Smal ramasse.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, CHARLES E. HorKINSy a citizen oi the United States, residlngat lVashington, in the `District of Columbia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cigarette-Makers, of which the following is a specification. i 1" i 1 This invention has reference to a cigarette making device, and has `for its primary lob.- ject to produce a simple, `cheap andthoroughly effective means wherebytobacco may be elcctivcly packed 1n a paper cartridge or casing to produce a cigarette. l.

A iurther ob]ect of the invention `is to produce a cigarette making device in which the parts constituting the same may be caged one within the other and inclosed `by a` suitf able detachable cap, when the device is not in use, so that the same may be conveniently carried in the pocket of the user.`

It is a further object of the invention4 to produce a construction and arrangement of parts wherein one end of a cigarette formed in the barrel after a cigarette paper has been wound around the saidtube, the edges thereof pastedtogether and the lower end crimped or bent inwardly over the inner edge of the packing tube, the saidpacking 1 tube having its `outer end lormed` with a 5 flared receiving member; yto arrange in the packing tube a packing member in the nature of a plunger which extends through the opening in thebarrel, andfto provideg means for lockingthe tubeinthe` barrel so` that the said tube willbe held ,againstfmove-L ment when the packingmember isfrecipro-` cated to draw and pack tobacco inthe tube, and so that the paper cartridge can not be-j,

come disassociated from the tube nor the end thereof from between the' inner` end of the tube and the closed end "of the barrel so that a perfect cigarette may be formed by the device; The head oftlie' packing tube l is designed to be positioned in a tobacco receptacle and when reciprocated drawsthe rovided with an opening; to arrange a pac ung tube or mold` f tobacco therefrom into 1the packing tube,

. packlng `the said `tobacco therein, the packinffbrmember `is locked to the barrel when sulliclent `quantityioftobacco hasbeen re ceived in andpacked in the tube, after which i thecasing iswunlocked and removed from the barrel, leavingthe cigarette held in said `barrel by: the lockedpacking member, one

end of `the cigarette `projecting a suitable i ingr member `is then released from the bar roland `drawn centrally through the ciga` rette, permitting the removal of the cigarette `from the barrel.

Other objects and advantages will pre-` sent` themselves as the nature of the invention is better" understood, reference being had `to i the accompanying drawings, in which:

` Figure lis a perspective view of the com- 1 plete device.

Fig. l isa similar view ofthe tubular Cap X i Fig.` 2is a perspective view of the device inoperative position. n n t `F ig. 3`is a greatly enlarged vertical longidistance outward of thebarrel. The pack i tudinal sectional viewthrough the device as illustrated in Fig. 2, the dotted lines showi ing `the arrangement of the tubular cap when positioned uponthe barrel. t

Fig. 3"#is a sectional view approximately on the line B-L-B of Fig. 3; f

Fig. 4 is an elevation of the packing memberor plunger.l

f Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof.

Figu `is a perspectivelview looking tof` ward the/closed end of the barrel and showi.

ingthe packing member locked thereto.

Fig. 6 is adetail elevation showingthe rod of the packing member or plunger projecting through` the closed end of the barrel as disclosedlin Figs. 2 and 3.

Fig. 6 is aibottom plan view of the con-` struction as illustrated in Fig. 6.

Figi p showing the packing to the 1 barrel.

or `plunger rod locked Figi. 7" is a `plan view of the Vdevice illustrated in Fig.`7. I

Fig 8 is a1 side elevationof the packing `tnbeormold."l ,p i p .i l. i

onal view approximately 7 is :afview similar toFig. 6 but Fig. 9 is a sectional view approximately on the line 9 9A of Fig. 9: and lboking'in' the direction of the arrows.

10 is an elevation ofthe locking;`

sleeve for the barrel and packing" tube.

As disclosed in Fig. 1 of the drawingsaall of the elements constituting the improvementare Vdesigned to `be arranged in the outer member or barref of the device' and to" be retained therein by a removable tube o1'j cap member. The cap member, as indicated by the dotted.' lines in Fig. Syof the draw`` ingsifrictional'ly contacts with the outer. andl flared mouth lof the packing tube or moldf and with the' locking sleeve on the barrel, sor that lWhiletli'e cap `tube may `be readily removed the device, as a Whole, in its in operative position may be i conveniently carried in the vest pocket of the user.` Also*V it should be statedthat when the device is not in use the packing orplunger member y' is withdrawn from the guide opening in` Y the `closed, end of lthe barrel, and reversed f to this, the cigarette is either tootightly'or too'` loosely packed, the former fault being most generali, and in which event the smoker rolls the cartrid in order to" loosen the tobacco therein W ichinostgenerally resultsI in producing ateo-loosely packed' cigarette, and, of course, a loss `of considerable tobacco; The majority of cigarette smokers Would prefer to make their own cigarettes,

as they could then use a tobacco bestsuited totheir taste, but'the0 ordinary hand rollinoof cigarettes requires a great aniou'nto practice beforethe same is matie perfect and the maj orityof smokers do not care to take thetime` to perfectI themselves in that art. With my improvement, it will be noted as the description progresses, a cigarette u may be formedl in arr easy,quick and `satisfactory manner. Y

Referring novvftol the drawings in1k detail, the numeral `10 designates the outer.mem ber of the improvement which isf in the natureof a' cross `sectionally round tbe or barrel. The barrel is of an equalcross sectional diameterthroughoutland `has one of its ends closed as at 11.` The closed endV is approximately centrally formed with a rectangular opening` 12, and to the opposite sides of this opening, at diagonally opposite ends ofthe slot 16; On the barrel 10 is a pin 19.f This pin is designed to be received in the slot 16 When the sleeve 14C is moved longitudinally of the barrel in either direction. Vhen the sleeve is moved outward of the barrel and partly turned on the barrel the pin is received in the passage 1-7A of the slot 16. When the Vsleeve is `moved inward on the barrel and partly turned the pin isreceived inl the assage 18'of the slot 16.

The packing ltu e is indicated by the nuinera'l 2.0.` andl is' of a greater length than the barrel 10. The outer end of the packing -tube is flared as at 21, and this liared por-` tion provides the mouthjof thel tube. The ared mouth has an outwardly extending' pin 22 designed. to receive the slot 16 of the sleeve 14 and the outer passage 19 of the said slot, when the` sleeve is turned on both the.` barrel and tube to lock the tube in the barrel. This is an important feature o-f the invention as Wil-l. be presently apparent.

The tobacco` packing member comprises a cross sectionally rectangular rod 23 Which` isA of a greater length than the tube and barrel; The rodV isy of a sizeto snugly pass' through the opening `12 inthe barrel, an'd the said rod: has its outer endl provided with a head 24. 'lhe rod, at a suitable distance from its outer end has its edges provided with' oppositely disposed notches 25, the purpose of Which Will presently be set forth.

In.` operation a` cigarette paper 26 isarranged around the packing tube 20, the lap- Y pingedges of the paper being sealed in the usual manner to produce a cartridge The lowerend of the cartridge is bent inwardly 115 over lthe lovver edge of the packing tube as indicated by the numeral 27 land `asdisclosed in- Fignof the drawings. The packing tubey and cartridge are novi7 positioned inthe barrel. Therlockingsleeve 14 is moved 120 outward-ly of the barrel so that the passages 17 and 18 in the slot 16 thereof are brought opposite the pins on the barrel and tube. The sleeve is partly turned `to bringthese` pins inthe said passages, thus locking the V125 tube in the barrel and tightly compressing the bent or inturned` end of the cartridge between the inner end of the tube and the closed end of the barrel.v The packing or plunger rod 23 is passed through the pack- 130 ing "tube and the "closed endof thebarreli. The mouth ofthe acking tube is inserted in a receptacle containing tobacco fromwhich the cigarette is `tobe `formed, the head 24 oi the packing member 231being also ar-` ranged in the said receptacle andthe pack# ing member is given1 a reciprocatory movef from the receptacle into thepacking tube."

The reciprocation of the member 23 through the tube and barrel permits of the notches 25 in the rod thereofacting upon the tobacco to compress the same toward the bottom of the" cartridge, and whenthe head 24: is brought against the tobacco andcompresses thesame sufficiently the notches 25 will `bearranged opposite the walls of the opening 12 inthe closed end of the barrel. ,Thcrod is Anow given a half turn sothatthe Vsides thereoi will contact wththe lugs 13. The locking 1 sleeve 14 is moved to` unlocking position on the barrel 10 with respect to the Jtube 20. The tube 20 is turned in the same direction as was the rod 23 to loosenthe saine and to permit the withdrawal of the said tube from the cartridge 26. The packing member or plunger is then turned so that the rod may tbe withdrawn through the opening in the closed end of the barrel, and through the tobacco in the cartridge. The rod is comparatively thin and the packed tobacco in the cartridge readily fills the space previously occupied by the said rod. In this manner a perfectly formed cigarette is easily and quickly produced. The end of the cigarette projects a suitable distance through the open end or mouth of the barrel and this end may be readily grasped to remove the cigarette from the barrel.

When the device is not required for use the tube is arranged in the barrel and the packing member or plunger is arranged in the tube. The plunger member is turned end for end, that is, the head thereof rests on the closed end of the barrel. A tubular cap 28 is inserted over the open end of the barrel and is brought to frictional engagement with the locking sleeve, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3 ot the drawings.

It is believed, Yfrom the foregoing description, when taken in connection with the drawings, that the simplicity of the con struction and the advantages thereof will be apparent without further detailed deV scription.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. In a cigarette forming device, a barrel having a closed end provided with an opening, a packing tube in the barrel designed to have arranged therearound a papel` can tridge one end Vof which being bent inward over the end of the packing tube, means for locking the packing tube to the bairel, a rod arranged centrally through the packing tube and passing through the closed end of the and means for `locking the rod to the barrel when the head thereof has been broughtinto the `tube a predetermined distance.

2. In `a cigarette forming device, a barrel barrel, said rod having its outer end headed,

p Ihavingone of its ends closed and its said ment until suiiicienttobacc'ohas been drawn` closed endprovided with an opening, a slid" `able sleeve on the open end of the barrel, i means -i'or limiting the `movement oi the `sleeve `in both directions, a packing tube in the barrel desi ned to `have a Ja )er cartridge b 2: arranged thereon and said cartridge designed `to have one ofits ends bent over one end of saidftuba `and said tube designed to through the opening in the closed end of the barrel, said rod having its outer end headed, andineans :for locking the rod to the barrel when the head thereoti has been brought into the packing tube a predetermined distance.` 3. cigarette' forming device including a" barrel having a closed end provided with an opening, a sleeve slidable over the open end of the barrel, said sleeve having a slot from the outer end thereof provided with two lateral passages, a pin on the barrel designed to be received in one of the passages when the sleeveV is moved outward oi the barrel and in the other passage when the sleeve is moved inward on the barrel, stop lugs for limiting the inward movement of the sleeve, a packing tube designed to be received in the barrel and to have arranged therearound a paper cartridge one end oi which being bent over the inner end of the said tube, the tube being of a greater length than the barrel and having a pin at its outer end to receive the outer passage oit the slot in the sleeve, a rod passing through the opening in the closed end of the barrel, said rod being ot a greater length than the tube or barrel and having its outer end headed, and means for locking the rod to the barrel when the head thereof has been brought into the tube a predetermined distance. u

4t. A cigarette forming device including a barrel having one of its ends closed and its said closed end provided with an opening, a packing tube in the barrel designed to have arranged. therearound a paper cartridge one end of which being bent over the inner end ot the packing tube. a rod arranged centrally through the packing tube and passing through the opening in vthe barrel and designed to be reciprocated in the barrel, said rod having its outer end headed, and means for locking the rod to the barrel when the head thereof has been brought into the packing tube a predetermined distance.

5. A cigarette forming device comprising a barrel, said barrel having a closed end provided with an opening, diagonally disposed lugs on the outer face of said closed end arranged at the opposite sides of the opening, a packing tube in the barrelhaving one end projecting through the mouth of?V y the barrel and` its other end'` resting onV the ing in the closed endof the barrel, said rod having its edges provided `with oppositely` disposed notches whereby the rod may be turned when the notches are brought opposite the side walls of the opening to permit of the said rod contacting `with the mentioned lugs, as and for the purpose set` forth.

6. A cigarette making machine including a barrel, said barrel having ay closed end provided with an opening, outwardly eze tending diagonally arranged lugs on the outer face of the closed end disposed at the a tobacco receiving tubeiof a. greater length i than the barrel arranged in the barrel; and having its outer end flared outwardly, said tube adapted to have arnangedj therearound` Y a paper cartridgethe inner end of which, being bent over the lower'edgeof the tube to contact with the closed end* of the barrel, a reciprocatory. i rod passing through. the opening in having its the; closed endl of the=barrel and outer end headed, the edges 4of therod being notched' whereby the: said rod may betgiven a half;` turn when the notches are brought in alinenient with the walls of Y the opening in the closed4 endv ofi the barrel tocontact with the lugs andlock the rod on the barrel and a cap tube ,for the barrel for retaining the packing-tube and rodr in the barrel'. Y

In testimony whereof I` aiix iny signature. Y

CHARLES E HOPKINS.

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